Steps to show Library Folder in Mavericks Mac OS X

2. In Finder Preferences, click on “Sidebar” on the top. In Favorites, you’ll see the Users home folder is untucked, tick that tick box, and your Home folder will be shown at the sidebar, my Home folder, labeled, as “Me” yours should be different.

Finder Preferences, Sidebar

Note: You have to show your “Home” on your Favorite sidebar first, otherwise, there won’t be “Show Library Folder” option in the step 4 below.

3. Once your Home folder is on the left sidebar you still can’t see your Library folder, but if you right click, you’ll see “Show View Options”.

You can also go to menu on the top, “View”, “Show View Options”.

View – Show View Options

Also, use shortcuts “CMD” and “J” keys, is the same as “Show View Options”.

Show View Option with right click

4. In the dialog box, tick “Show Library Folder”. Then it will show you your “Library” folder.

Tick “Show Library folder” in Mavericks As in the video, I also mentioned, it’s hidden by default for your own good, and if in case, you want to hide it back, you need to go to “Preferences” again, tick off your Home folder, and in tick off “Show Library Folder” back again in alternative to using the terminal commands.